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began hunting for something else to
stop. Revenge in politics is always
wide awake while gratitude is snor
ing. It was the same way with dancing
in the cafes. Stopping the dancing
interfered with business. It also in
terfered with pleasure. And when
Harrison stopped the dancing he hurt
the cafe business and made the cafe
owners and employes and all who
wanted to dance good and sore.
But once dancing was stopped the
reformers who wanted it stopped for
got all about it and began hunting for
something else to stop.
I'm not arguing for or against gam
bling, dancing or anything else. I'm
not discussing the right or wrong of
it I'm not sure that I know exactly
what's right and what's wrong. I am
dealing with facts and with human
nature as it is, and not with theories
and human nature as reformers and
uplifters think it ought to be.
And by dealing with facts and
frankly giving my .opinion about
them, I may serve a useful purpose.
If trying to reform human nature'
faster than it is willing to be reform
ed lessens the opportunity of earnest
men to save the people from exploi
tation by Special Privilege, then it
may do some good to show them
what they are up against
And if sincere champions of honest
and clean government have to go up
against a political machine that may
beat them by better understanding
plain, ordinary, every-day human na
ture, then it's time for such cham
pions to find out more about com
mon human nature and get closer to
it
I will discuss this further tomor-
LANSING DENIES WARNING
Washington, March 9. Sec'y of
State Lansing today denied story sent
out by press association to effect that
United States would Shortly warn
Americans to remain off armed merchantmen.
FORT PROTECTING VERDUN IS
TAKEN BY GERMANS
Berlin. Fort De Vaux, defending
Verdun from east, and village of same
name have been captured by Ger
mans. Adjoining positions also taken
by German troops.
Paris. Repeated and heavy Ger
man attacks against village of Beth
incourt, 8 miles northwest of Ver
dun, throughout last night repulsed.
London. French trenches stormed
in renewal of heavy German artillery
assaults on whole crescent-shaped
Verdun front.
Cannonade most violent yesterday
on both banks of Meuse. Driven out
of Corbeaux woods positions by vici
ous French counter- attacks, Teutons
poured thousands of shells in upon
French positions east of Goose Hill
and followed with infantry attacks.
Copenhagen. Norwegian steamer
Memona struck mine apd sank in the
North sea. Crew of 15 believed to
have perished.
Berlin. French losses in Verdun
fighting now estimated between 70,
000 and 80,000.
Berlin. Germany today officially
declared war upon Portugal. This
makes fourteen countries now in
volved in the European supremacy
struggle.
ARMED MERCHANTMEN CAUSE
THREE-CORNERED TANGLE
Washington, March 9. In triangu
lar diplomatic struggle over arming
of merchantmen, between U. S., Eng
land and Germany, clear-cut issue is
gradually assuming form. This,
American officials now believe, may
be summed up in question:
"Is the new German campaign,
against armed merchantmen 'justi
able reprisal' against England?"
Upon American government's an
swer, officials declared today, depends
not only German-American relations,
Anglo-American relations, but also
future conduct of the new German
I U-boat warfare.
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